Farm For Scotland’s Future News

We need agriculture policy to work for, not against, nature

14 Nov 2023

As the Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill starts its journey through the Scottish Parliament, RSPB Scotland director Anne McCall offers some thoughts about where agricultural policy needs to go.

Environment charities welcome Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill and call for radical change to farm funding

03 Oct 2023

Environment charities have welcomed the publication on Friday of Scotland’s Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill, and have called on the Scottish government to introduce a radical new farm funding system to help the industry reduce climate emissions and restore biodiversity.  

Action to Protect Rural Scotland: Help farmers restore our wildlife-rich agricultural landscapes

28 Sep 2023

We can have a future for Scotland’s farmers that also benefits wildlife and the people that enjoy our countryside, says Kat Jones, director of Action to Protect Rural Scotland.

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19 Sep 2023

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How to talk to your MSP about the Agriculture Bill

19 Sep 2023

It's vital that MSPs hear their constituents calling for an Agriculture Bill that works for nature, climate and people. Watch our webinar and read our guide on speaking to your MSP about the bill.

Scottish Badgers: Farmers can help ‘ecosystem engineer’ badgers contribute to nature restoration

14 Sep 2023

Larger wild mammals function as the glue that holds everything else in nature together, important for farming and breathing life into vital processes to that keep the people of Scotland fed and the land habitable, says Dr Elspeth Stirling.

How Scotland’s Agriculture Bill must work for nature, climate and people

12 Sep 2023

Members of Scottish Environment LINK’s Food and Farming group have set out in a briefing for MSPs what the Scottish government’s Agriculture Bill, expected this autumn, must contain in order to help make farming work for nature, climate and people.

RSPB Scotland: Why nature must be at the heart of farming

06 Sep 2023

Farmers and crofters are a critical part of the solutions to tackle climate change, and to protect and restore nature. Many are already taking vital steps to farm in nature friendly ways. Changing the way that the farming funding system operates, and putting nature at its heart, will help to save nature and climate.

Butterfly Conservation: Farming is uniquely placed to enhance biodiversity

10 Aug 2023

An Agriculture Bill that delivers for biodiversity is an opportunity to shatter the illusion of the dichotomy between nature conservation and productive farming, creating a genuinely sustainable and just system that works for our entire environment, says Kieran Thomas.

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